Tag Archives: Realistic Fiction

NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH

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by Avi

When Philip Malloy starts humming along to his school’s daily playing of the Star Spangled Banner, his insistence on continuing to do so even after his teacher, Miss Margaret Narwin, asks him to stop sets in motion a chain of events that will soon ripple out control.

Author Avi
Narrator The Full Cast Family
Length 186 Minutes
© Copyright 1991 Avi
℗ Audio Copyright 2020 Full Cast Audio

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  1. Chapter 1 Full Cast Audio 1:02
Meet the Cast
Character Actor
Moderator Bruce Coville
Margaret Narwin Katie Gibson
Phillop Malloy Mikey Mousaw
Mrs. Malloy Carmen Viviano Crafts
Mr. Malloy Mark Austin
Dr. Joseph Palleni Mike Larkin
Ted Griffin Tim Fox
Jake Barlow Jim Reith

WILD LIFE

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by Cynthia DeFelice

Erik is preparing for his first-ever hunting trip when he learns that his parents are being deployed to Iraq. A few days later, Erik is shipped off to North Dakota to live with Big Darrell and Oma, grandparents he barely knows.

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Patron Saint of Butterflies, The

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by Cecilia Galante

Best friends Agnes and Honey, age 14, live at Mount Blessing, a religious commune. Though the girls have been best friends since they were children, differences in faith are beginning to to trouble their relationship. Agnes is striving to be saintly. Honey is desperate to escape the commune and experience the outside world.

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Stop the Train!

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by Geraldine McCaughrean

From the author of The Kite Rider comes another great historical novel, this time set in the American west, where the residents of a new settlement struggle against nature and the railroad to keep their town alive. Pulse-pounding adventure, moments of gut-bustin’ humor, and a deeply moving sense of community, make Stop the Train! a must-listen.Continue reading→

Dunk

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by David Lubar

A sizzling young adult novel about Chad, a teenager living near the New Jersey boardwalk who becomes obsessed with the Bozo – the clown who sits above a tank of water, taunting people until they pay a couple of bucks to try to dunk him. But even as he tries to master the slashing humor of the Bozo, Chad finds he also needs to learn humor’s healing power if he is to help his best friend recover from a serious illness. Emotionally rich, filled with fascinating detail about life on the Boardwalk, this is David Lubar’s breakthrough novel.

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Miracles on Maple Hill

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by Virginia Sorensen

A father’s wounded heart. A mother’s patient love. An eager boy, an impetuous girl, and, above all, the healing power of nature. These are the classic ingredients that fill Virginia Sorensen’s Newbery Award-winning novel with a tender power and lift it to classic status.Continue reading→

Misfits, The

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by James Howe

A little too smart, a little too fat, Bobby Goodspeed has always been a go-along-to-get-along kind of guy. He and his fellow misfits Skeezie, Joe, and Addie have accepted their place in the middle school ecology, and the mockery that comes with it. Then Addie decides to tackle the student council elections and suddenly Bobby finds his life – and his self! – changing in ways he never could have imagined. Brought to sparkling life by a cast of over two dozen actors, this tender, touching, utterly hilarious tale of life as a middle school misfit will delight not only those who are in middle school, but all those who have survived the experience.

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